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Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, has appeared in popular culture as a character in novels, films, musicals, comics, and video games. His experiment, using a kite, to prove that lightning is a form of electricity has been an especially popular aspect of his biography in fictional depictions.
The character started the strip as "Hammy," but the character was replaced by "Sammy." [6] Princess Sally Acorn: Chipmunk Sonic the Hedgehog: The co-leader of the Freedom Fighters alongside Sonic. She was created as a character for the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, and then used in the comic as well.
The folk opera Hadestown based on the myth of Orpheus, Persephone is a main character. Ani DiFranco portrays Persephone in the 2010 concept album, while in the stage adaptation the role was originated by Amber Gray. The musical Mythic is a modern-day pop rendition of the myth [8] [9]
And, children whose names consist of just a single character also do not make the list, much to the dismay of any parents of children named X. Still, this data reveals some striking trends.
Main character in a French-Belgian children's TV series. The Killer Bees: Killer bees: Saturday Night Live: A group of bees in a recurring sketch on the show Maya Bee: Maya the Bee: Main character in a popular German TV series based on the original novels. Pepe the King Prawn: Prawn: Muppets Tonight: Seymour Spider: H.R. Pufnstuf: One of ...
Character Origin Notes Aspidochelone: A giant turtle sea monster: Br'er Turtle (Br'er Tarrypin) Uncle Remus's folk tales: Genbu: Japanese Mythology: Kappa: Japanese Mythology: A turtle-like humanoid Kurma: Hindu mythology: The second of the dashavatars of Vishnu: Mbeku: West African mythology: Trickster tortoise in Igbo and West African ...
Explaining TJ Mack, the character created by actor and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez, and the viral song Sitting, TJ Mack's wife, and more parts of the universe. 'Sitting' was his 1st hit.
In the Stargate universe, Phoenix is the name of a Daedalus-class battlecruiser belonging to the Tau'ri before being renamed George Hammond. It also appears in an alternate timeline. In the Japanese anime Saint Seiya, the character Ikki was born under the Phoenix constellation and inherited the mythical bird's power of rebirth.